x5 Senior Project Assistant Vacancies Available in Abuja, Nigeria for Road Maintenance at ILO. Apply!
x5 Senior Project Assistant Vacancies Available in Abuja, Nigeria for Road Maintenance at ILO. Apply!
- Grade: G6
- Vacancy no.: DC/ABUJA/G/2025/02
- Application deadline (Midnight Abuja Time): 21 March 2025
- Job ID: 12796
- Department: RO-Africa
- Organization Unit: CO-Abuja
- Location: Abuja
- Contract type: Fixed Term
- Contract duration: 1 Year
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is hiring five Senior Project Assistants for its Road Maintenance program. These roles involve supporting project implementation, coordinating activities, and ensuring effective communication among stakeholders. Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief Technical Advisor CTA based in ILO FPMU in Abuja, the Sr Project Assistant will take charge of the works operations within the Maintenance and Spot Improvement component of RAAMP in assigned state.
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Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the SPIUs in data collection, road condition surveys and updating of rural roads inventory in the states for formulation of their annual and multiyear road maintenance plans.
- Assist SPIUs in pilot testing of various innovative routine road maintenance models including group –based / community contracting and physical and financial tracking of the road maintenance activities as per their annual routine maintenance plans.
- Participate as a resource person in technical trainings, assist in building a system wide capacity for training and development of Road Maintenance Groups and Spot Improvement maintenance contractors, on-site and off-site training modules for States level maintenance events and provide technical support to local contractors and communities involved in the infrastructure works.
- Contribute to the integration of Decent Work Elements into Maintenance and Operation Manuals suggesting policies in scaling up sustainable routine road maintenance.
- Contribute to the appropriate technical design standards, work methods and organisation, standard bill of quantities, work norms and appropriate unit rates for the planning and design of transport infrastructure works.
- Carry out quantity surveys, prepare designs and cost estimates, project DPR for Routine and Spot maintenance infrastructure works, prepare bidding documents and civil works contracts and review tenders.
Requirements
Education
Completion of secondary education supplemented by a formal technical training in the related field and/or project administration.
Experience
- At least 6 years of experience in the field of rural road rehabilitation/construction/ maintenance.
- Experience in the development and implementation of employment-intensive (labour-based) public works and a solid understanding of the ILO decent work agenda will be an asset.
- Experience in Rural Roads Maintenance, training of and working with local contractors will be an advantage.
- Good knowledge of community and project stakeholder consultations and mobilisation will be an advantage.
- Skills development and institutional strengthening will be an advantage.
Languages
Excellent command of English and good knowledge of an official national language of the duty station.
